It all started with a stubborn shiny Charmander in Professor Oak’s Lab, and it finished with an amazing legendary Pokémon last night. What a journey! I’ve had some relatively quick hunts and a couple of really stubborn ones. I didn’t count encounters, and I was making a mental note of how many hours certain hunts took, but I didn’t record any information. Every spare moment was spent hunting these guys while I read or watched TV.
I’ve missed that thrill of seeing the shiny sprite slide across the screen in the earlier gens, so the nostalgia while playing these games has been really high.
Once I collected my Charmander, I set my sights on my next shiny hunt. I was determined to find a shiny Nidoran Male. I don’t know if my game was being kind, but I found one relatively quickly, on the same night I started the hunt! It’s almost uncalled for to find your target on the first phase…
I then decided I needed to EV train my Nidoran and Charmander, and about an hour later a shiny Mankey graced me with her presence! I could barely believe it!
And then the luck went downhill. I spent a long time aiming to find either a shiny Ekans or Drowzee, and spent hours and hours hunting for days on end. When something did shine, it was a shiny Spearow. I was so relieved to see him, though.
I then decided to hunt for a powerhouse, and set Dratini in my sights. This was another long hunt, even though I was soft resetting three at a time. Finally she shone, and I continued on.
Eventually I reached Lostelle in the forest, and I decided I really wanted to try for Hypno. He didn’t take as long as Dratini or Spearow, but it was still a bit of a slog.
Once I found him, I decided it was time to beat the Elite Four and focus on my legendary hunt. But I was meant to also hunt for a Lapras. It’s just that when the Mankey appeared, I thought that I already had a full team, and I might just give up on it. I felt the pull to get a Lapras, and I thought that it might be helpful when I hunt for my legendary.
Lapras was probably the fastest SR hunt, but she still took a number of days. I know my patience was beginning to wane with this hunt, but I was determined not to give up. It was all worth it when she appeared!
And then it was time to focus on Deoxys. I was prepared for a long hunt, but it really only took two days. I couldn’t believe it when I saw the yellow scrolling across the screen last night! I caught it relatively easily in every test capture, usually managing to catch it in a Luxury Ball or Poke Ball, but shiny Deoxys refused to stay in them. Multiple turns went by, so I decided that I’d better just try to use my Ultra Balls instead. After throwing about ten of them, the ball shook three times and then I shook my stress out.
Sorry to ramble on, but it’s been a long time since I’ve shared any of my shiny Pokémon with anyone. Hope you enjoyed this.
Good luck with all of your hunts!